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International Congress on Environmental International Congress on Environmental ModellingModellingand Software (iEMSsand Software (iEMSs’’2008)2008)

Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making

Barcelona 2008Barcelona 2008

July 2008

Barcelona

Girona

Location

SPAIN

CATALONIA

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)

10 Campus

12 Vinculated Entities

9 Consortiated Schools and Faculties

3 Research Institutes

41 Departments

13 Libraries

16 Schools and Faculties

65 Degrees

Member of CLUSTER consortium

48.260.800 € generated byResearch, Innovation and Technological Transfer (2005)

267.187.281 € Public funding(2005)

1.294 Administrative staff

2.642 Research and Teachingstaff

2.985 Ph. D. students

32.398 undergraduate students

Organising Groups• Knowledge Engineering

& Machine LearningGroup (KEMLG)

• Dept. of ComputerSoftware

• Technical University of Catalonia

• Campus Nord• Barcelona

• Chemical and EnvironmentalEngineering Laboratory(LEQUIA)

• Institute of Environment• University of Girona• Campus de Montilivi• Girona

KEMLG (1)•• Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning

GroupGroup was founded in 1989 within the Department of Computer Software at UPC

• Members– 1 Full Professor– 6 Associate professors– 2 Post-doc researchers– 1 partial-time post-doc researcher– 7 Ph.D. students– ≅ 10 undergraduate Master’s Thesis students

EnvironmentalSciences

Health KnowledgeManagement

KEMLG (2)

Multiagent Systems and Grid Computing

Machine Learning and Data Mining

Knowledge Representation

IEDSS, Intelligent Decision Support Systems

LEQUIA (1)• Chemical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory

was founded in 1993 within the Department of Chemical Engineering at UdG

• Members– 1 Full Professor – 6 Associate Professors with a PhD in Sciences,

Environmental Technologies or Civil Engineering– 2 Assistant professors– 15 PhD Students– 1 Post-doc researcher– 2 Technicians– ≅ 5 undergraduate Master’s Thesis students

LEQUIA (2)

Environmental Decision Support SystemsBiological Nutrient Removal processesMulti-criteria conceptual (re)designFuzzy control Sludge revalorisationCleaner Technologies

VENUE

CAMPUS NORD – UPC - BARCELONA

NEXUS and NEXUS 2

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POINTS

© UPC

© UPC

OMEGA Building

COMPUTER SOFTWARE DEPT.

LIBRARY RECTOR GABRIEL FERRATÉ

© UPC© UPC

RECTOR’S OFFICE© UPC

VERTEX Building

© UPC

AUDITORI Plenary Sessions room

© UPC

CAMPUS VIEW

COMPUTER LABORATORY

ROOMS

© UPC

© UPC

COMPUTER SCIENCE SCHOOL

CAMPUS SQUARES

© UPC

© UPC

© UPC

SPORT CENTER

© UPC

© UPC

What to do and what to see in BARCELONA ?

AGBAR Tower (Jean Nouvelle 2003)

© Marc Espinosa Teixidó

Olympic Area of Montjuïc:Communications tower(Calatrava 1992)Palau Sant Jordi(Arata Isozaki 1992)

Olympic Stadium, 1929

Espai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de Barcelona

UNESCO World Heritage:

Naissance FaçadeSagrada Família

(Antoni Gaudí, 1882- ?)

Espai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de Barcelona

UNESCO World HeritageCatalan modernism(Antoni Gaudí)

La PedreraCasa Milà, 1910

Park Güell1900-1914

Lluís Bertran - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Jordi Trullàs - ©Turisme de Barcelona

UNESCO World heritagePalau de la Música Catalana(Domènech i Muntaner, 1905-1908)

OPERA HOUSE: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Museums: Picasso, Miró, MACBA, …

The CathedralXIIIth Century

Old Town: Gothic Quartier

Globo Foto - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Old Town: Gothic quartier

Espai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de Barcelona Espai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de BarcelonaEspai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Life City: The Ramblas

Jordi Trullàs - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Night Life: Montjuïc’s Magic Fountain

C. Buhigas,1929Universal Exposition

© www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com

© www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com

Litoral SeasideOld Harbour

Espai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Globo Foto - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Olympic Harbourand Beaches

Espai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de BarcelonaEspai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Espai d’Imatge - ©Turisme de Barcelona

Gastronomy

F.C. Barcelona Stadium

F.C. Barcelona Museum

SPORT

© FCBarcelona

© FCBarcelona

© FCBarcelona

What to do and what to see in thesurroundings ?

The surrealism: Salvador Dalí’s Museum

Archeological sites and Beach:Empúries VIth century bC

National Park: Cap de Creus

GIRONA Jewish quartier

GIRONA’s Cathedral

Beaches: The Costa Brava

Nature and Religion:Montserrat Abbey and National Park

Pyrenees mountains

© Miquel Sànchez i Marrè © Miquel Sànchez i Marrè

© Miquel Sànchez i Marrè

Pintoresque villages: Sitges

How to get Barcelona ?

• By plane:– El Prat International Airport– Girona-Costa Brava Airport

• Many low-cost companies (RyanAir, etc.)

• By train– Sants Central Train Station

• By ship– Barcelona harbour

• Many cruises and ferries available

Related Events

International ExpositionEXPO ZARAGOZA 2008

Water and Sustainable DevelopmentJune 14 – September 14 2008

Zaragoza, Spain

http://www.expozaragoza2008.es/lib/p_idiomas.asp?idioma=EN

SEE YOU in 2008 !!!